Nelis Van Dijk
Cornelis "Nelis" van Dijk (8 January 1904 – 31 October 1969) was a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Gouda and died in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N .... In 1920 he eliminated in the first round of the flyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Anders Pedersen. References 1904 births 1969 deaths Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers for the Netherlands Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland Dutch male boxers {{Netherlands-boxing-bio-stub ...
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Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ...
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